Christopher Y. Li
Department of Materials
Science and Engineering Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Christopher Li is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University. He
received his B.S. degree in Polymer Chemistry from the
University of Science and Technology of China in 1995
and his Ph.D. in Polymer Science from the University of
Akron in 1999. After working as a postdoc at the Maurice Morton Institute of Polymer Science, University of
Akron, for 2 years, he joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University in
2002 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to
Associate and Full Professor in 2007 and 2011, respectively. His research interests center on the structure and
morphology of polymers and soft materials for energy
and biomedical applications. Christopher is a Fellow of
the American Physical Society and the North American
Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS). He served as the
President of NATAS in 2016. Christopher is a recipient
of the National Science Foundation Career Award, 3M
Non-tenured Faculty Award, and DuPont Young Professor Award among others. He is author/co-author of over
170 refereed journal publications and book chapters.
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